This Leaders Manual in Inuktitut and its related pocket field guide look at some of the organisms and processes closely associated with tundra. The pocket guide focuses on a set of plants, animals and other organisms with brief information about how they fit into an ecosystem.

The leaders' manual provides background information about the tundra, the nature of ecosystems and some of the changes and threats that could affect Arctic ecosystems and biodiversity. Appendix A, provides more detailed information about the organisms in the pocket field guide. Appendix B provides printable worksheets for the activities designed to get young people either individually or in groupsout on the land and actively investigating the natural world around them.

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna

"to address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and to communicate its findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic, helping to promote practices which ensure the sustainability of the Arctic’s living resources."